E-auction 40-15450 - bgr_284457 - SICILY - SYRACUSE Litra
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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 41 € |
| Maximum bid : | 44 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 January 2014 15:00:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Litra
Date: c. 340 AC
Mint name / Town : Syracuse, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 5,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au droit à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus Eleutherios à gauche.
Obverse legend : [IEUS ELEUQERIOS]
Obverse translation : (Zeus Eleuthère).
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre vertical.
Reverse legend : SURAKOSIWN
Reverse translation : (de Syracuse).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Un seul exemplaire signalé dans le sylloge de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 489, pl. 17, ‘,84 g).
Historical background
SICILY - SYRACUSE
(344-317 BC)
Timoleon
After Dion's assassination in 354 BC, a period of instability ensued for ten years. Timoléon, originally from Corinth, landed in Sicily in 344 BC and took control of Syracuse. He restored Greek hegemony in Sicily by driving out the Carthaginians after the Battle of Crimisus in 339 BC. He set up a democratic government which unfortunately did not survive him, Agathokles seizing power from 317 BC. Nevertheless, for about twenty years, Syracuse knew a period of peace which allowed it to restore its finances and to develop an important program of urban construction, accompanied by the return of agricultural prosperity..
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